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Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...business, damage its reputation, and may result in the loss of customers. This course explores how fraud, insider dealing, bribery, money laundering, and other types of corporate wrongdoing occur. It also outlines what legal measures exist to prevent and respond to them. You’ll learn about different forms of financial and organisational crime, the warning signs to watch...
First, they came for the Marmite... but what next as the pound falls?
Money & Business

First, they came for the Marmite... but what next as the pound falls?

...businesses and their counterparts around the world. Cross-border commercial contracts specify the currency in which payments are due to be made. What happens, however, when the value of the specified currency changes drastically and the amount to be paid no longer reflects the value of the goods to be supplied? To return to the recent headlines, Unilever, the owner of...
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship

...businesses. From athletes to celebrities, public exhibitions to social justice project – it seems that businesses are increasingly relying on sponsorship to sell their brand. This weeks episode of the Bottom Line discusses the opportunities and dangers involved with this burgeoning global sponsorship market. Given its growing importance, sponsorship can do more than...
If Wannacry caused so much disruption, how come it raised so little money?
Digital & Computing

If Wannacry caused so much disruption, how come it raised so little money?

...businesses, which often do not have back-ups. This ransomware was different in that it spread of its own accord through unpatched systems (systems that had not followed recent warnings to protect against a virus and back-up their files) – as a worm. But it is humans that are generally the weakest link when it comes to information security. The perfect crime? Ransomware...
Managing our personal financial risks from the changed climate
Nature & Environment

Managing our personal financial risks from the changed climate

...business and to report how they will manage those risks. The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report released this summer confirms that the world will warm beyond 1.5o C in the next decades, even if COP26 is successful in reaching agreements to achieve net-zero. TCFD forces organisations to face the consequences for their business model assuming a 2oC...
Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...business, and generally it is used to indicate something good and positive about an organisation, process or product. But what does it really mean? Think about the word ‘sustainable’ for a moment. What are the first things that come to mind? Here is a list of some possible answers: environmentally friendly lasting a long time continually growing organic biodegradable...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Managing for Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Managing for Sustainability

...businesses and gives some insight into how these companies function while adhering to various environmental management systems. This material is taken from Open University course T867: Managing for sustainability... Source planning in waste Chris Murphy gives a brief overview of the waste industry from his experience. Source planning in occupational safety Joe Taylor...
Coping with Depression
Society, Politics & Law

Coping with Depression

...business. The monstrosity of life overwhelms you.” Following a nervous breakdown in 1995, actor and journalist Stephen Fry discovered he was suffering from bi-polar disorder – commonly known as manic depression. Symptoms of fear and sadness (often classed as ‘anxiety’ and ‘depression’ if they are diagnosed) are the most common ‘mental disorders’ in Britain...